gymnastics

December 23, 2019 | Joe Yasharoff

MyMCMedia’s 2019 Athletes of the Year

Many great athletic achievements by teams and individuals in Montgomery County were on display in 2019. Quince Orchard, led by record-breaking running back Marquez Cooper, was undefeated until losing to rival Northwest in the state semifinals. Good Counsel won the WCAC football championship. Walter Johnson made the playoffs in football for the first time in […]

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December 17, 2019 | Joe Yasharoff

Dominique Dawes to Open Gymnastics Academy in Clarksburg

Twenty-three years removed from her days as a gold medal-winning gymnast with the U.S. Olympic team in the 1996 Atlanta Games, Dominique Dawes still can’t stop moving. As a mother of four small children, there is little time to reminisce about the old days. But Dawes is still making a positive impact in the world […]

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November 26, 2019 | Joe Yasharoff

Aspiring Olympic Gymnast DiCello Thankful for Opportunities

Kayla DiCello is a 15-year-old sophomore at Northwest High School who is doing big things. Over the summer, she made a splash at the U.S. National Gymnastics Championships winning three gold medals. And last week, the Montgomery County Council honored her for her accomplishments. Next July – if all goes well – DiCello could be […]

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November 22, 2019 | Douglas Tallman

County Council Honors Gymnastics Champ from Northwest High School

Kayla DiCello, the Northwest High School sophomore who is also the U.S. Junior Women’s Gymnastics champ, was acknowledged by the Montgomery County Council. “This is a young lady who has truly dedicated herself to her sport,” Councilmember Craig Rice said. Introduced to gymnastics at 2, she was added to the Junior National Team in 2018. […]

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December 21, 2015 | Sonya Burke

A Year in Review: Top Five MoCo Sports Videos

UPDATED 12.21.15 It’s been quite a year for sports in Montgomery County from Clarksburg High winning the county’s sportsmanship award to marathon swimmer Jim Clifford becoming the oldest person in the world to complete the Triple Crown of open water swimming, to Geoff Britten becoming the first American Ninja Warrior — well, the list goes on […]

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March 19, 2015 | Elizabeth Ortega-Lohmeyer

Extra Classes at Recreation

Abacus Mental Math Program – 405689 Ages: 5 yrs. to 10 yrs. Fees: resident $135, nonresident $150 The idea of the Komodo Math Program is to teach kids how to work math problems and do the arithmetic operations involved in those problems by visualizing an abacus. The child will learn basic arithmetic starting with simple […]

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January 15, 2015 | Elizabeth Ortega-Lohmeyer

County Recreation Summer Camps: The Place to Be

240.777.6840 Like us on Facebook – Twitter It’s more excitement than kids can endure—the specialty camps we’re offering in our 2015 Summer Camps Guide, coming out today. There’s chess camp, horseback riding, cooking, fashion, theatre, electronic game design, Explorations in Science, and more, including one of our most popular camps, Mystery Academy. Look for the […]

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